The team has been plagued by unreliability throughout winter testing and their problems were highlighted once again today.
Driver Stoffel Vandoorne was snapped hurtling into the pit-stop for a quick change of tyres before racing off again.
But the mechanics appeared to make a complete mess of the change-over.
First, the back-left wheel wasn’t put on properly, then another wheel had to be replaced and then the original wheel was comically put on the wrong way round.
In all, the pit-stop which should have taken around three seconds ended up lasting over 25 seconds.
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